Territorial A-Z

Letter, [James Griffing] to [J. Augusta Goodrich]Authors:Griffing, James SayreDate: October 15, 1854 - October 25, 1854James Griffing wrote from the bank of the Illinois River in Illinois and Milton, Missouri to his fiancee J. Augusta Goodrich in Owego, New York. Griffing, a Methodist minister, described the daily routine of his overland journey from Indianapolis, Indiana to Kansas Territory.